Knitting device



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sUNAo r'UlrrI, or HoNoLULu, rnnurron Lor HAWAII.

KNITTING DEVICE.

Application filed January 5, -`1928. Serial No. 244;688.

This invention relates to those knitting devices wherein the stitch-es are formed upon double rows of pins by looping the yarn from ione pin to the other and thenditin-g the loop soA formed over upon the pins with which the yarn was originally engaged.

The general 'object of the present Ainvention is to provide a very simple and easily operated knitting device of this character which is so constructed that plain or fancy stitches may be readily made, and which embodies a medially disposed bar having upwardly extending straight pins and laterally ydisposed bars having upwardly extending but outwardly curved pins, the laterally disposed bars being so mounted upon the medial 'bar ytlra't either "one of the laterally disposedbars maybe iheld raised in an operative position or lowered, this ,raisingV or lowering ofy the bars being readily accompllishe'd andthe bars, when raised or lowered, being held in these positions.

A further lobjer'ot is to provide a. device of 'this character in which the spacing between the lateral bars and the Imedialbar maybe varied 4so as to change the length 'of the stitches. A ,j

@ther objects will 'appear Ain the course of the follow-ing description. i

Myinvent'ion is illustrated inthe accompany-ing drawings, wherein: f j f Figure 1 is a side elevation otra knitting,r device )constructed vin accordance with my invention, partly `broken away.. s

Fig. '2 ils a top plan vi'ew yof the'struct'ure shown in Figure with the/three bars'eX- lpanded totheirutmost extent.

I Figure 3 ifs a section on the line 3)3 'of j Figure iis a section on um use 1 4 of Figure 1. j j j Figure 5 is apers'pective yview of the three bars separated from each other. 4

Figure-'6 is a diagrammatic view showing' the manner of 'casting on.

Figure 7 lis a diagrammatic view showing with my ydevice.

Referring to these drawings,j10 'designates a 'medially disposed ,bar having upwardly projecting rows of pins 11. The row of. pins is spaced* at its ends'from the `'ends of the bar. The pins 11' are formed with heads 12v 'at their upper'fends, fandrpins r3 extend outward from the ends of this medial bar. Disposed ron each side of the medial 'bar l10 are the kbars 14- and 15. Each of these bars is recessed uponits face, as at 16, andthe upper wall of this recess is formed with a Vby tightening up upon thescrews Attached to the outer faces 'oit the barsv -14 and 15 adjacent the 'ends thereof and extending slightly overv the ends of thev recesses 16 are the'plates 21. Each jot these plates is bulged outward at its middle where it extends inward beyond 'the wall of recess 16, als at 22, and attached to the end Wall is a metallic 4plateQ- |`termed t'o provide -a'n upper tongue '24v and a lower tongue 25 which project out into fthe space for/medby vthe outward deformation'f22 of plate 21 (see Figure 4).

Dis osed within each recess 16 is `apincarrying bar 26 rhaving' upwardly projecting pins 27 which are angularly bent at their en'ds, the pins being bent outward vlirom thenenterl row for pins. This pinlcarrying bar on its extremity has two Ioutwardly projecting studs 28, and "whenv this bar is lifted, the uppermost fstlud 28l is ydisposed above the lug 24 and the lower-,most stud 28- 'is/dis-y l posed below the lug" 221i. When the pincarryin'g bar is lowered.,` the studs 28 4`are 'disposed respectively above and below the relatively long, outwardly projecting lug 425. i Thus means is provided whereby the v pincarrying bar "26 vmay be held either in a raised orV loweredI position and readily shifted 'from its raised to l'owered position or vice versa. The lpins'27 areV adapted to extend through the slots 17 formedv in the respective bars 14 `and y1-5 when the pincarrying bar is raised;l When-thefpinscarrying bar is depressed,however, the pins will be disposed entirely below these lslots 17 so that the pins' will be 'entirely 'out of the way and there will be no danger of catching the `thread upon the pins 27. The pincarrying bars are each provided with a protuberant portion on the sides whereby they may be manipulated.

I do not Wish to be limited to any particular materia] for these three bars or sections and the pin-carrying bars nor to the details of construction except as delined in the appended claims. This device is very simple, can be easily operated, and may be used for knitting a large variety of different stitches. The yarn cast on the pins in the same manner as common in devices of this character, that is a slip knot is made in the yarn and passed over the first pin on one end of the medial row, the yarn is then drawn left to right over the second pin and a turn is made around this second pin until all but one of the desired number of stitches are cast on. The-yarn is passed right to left around and between the last two pins of the series. The device is then reversed end for end and the pin-carrying bar on the left hand side is raised so that the hooks or pins thereof are even with the pins of the middle bar. The yarn is then passed around the first hook of the raised bar, then to the second of the middle bar, then to the second hook of the raised bar, and so on to the end of the hooks. The device is then held in the left hand with the end of the yarn firmly held between the fingers, and a hooked needle is then used to pick up the yarn between 1 the first and second pins of the middle row. i The yarn is then slipped over the second pin and in the saine manner the yarn is picked up between the second and third pins, slipped over both these pins, and this operation is repeated, slippin it over two pins each time to the end of t 1e row. The movable pin-carrying bar is then dropped so as to leave the` formed stitches on the middle pins. i

Inasn'luch as the use of a device of this character is well understood, it is not believed necessary to detail the manner in which this device may be used for plain or fancy knitting, except as before stated.

I claim:

1. A knitting device of the character described including three longitudinally extending bars disposed in parallel relation and adjustable toward or from each other, the middle bar having a longitudinally extending series of upstanding pins, the laterally disposed bars each having a vertically movable pin-carrying bar mounted thereon, the pin-carrying bar being shiftable to a lifted position with its pins on the same plane as the pins of the middlebar or to a lowered position with its pins below the level of the upper face of the middle bar, and means for holding the pin-carrying bars in their raised or lowered positions.

2. A knitting device of the character described including three parallel bars, the middle bar having a longitudinally extending row of pins, the lateral bars each being recessed upon its outer face, a pin-carrying bar disposed in said recesspand vertically movable to bring the pins thereon into coactive relation to the pins on the middle bar or out of such coactive relation, and means at the ends of said recess whereby to hold the pin-carrying bar in a raised or lowered position.

3. A knitting device of the `character described including three parallel` bars, the middle bar having a longitudinally extending row of pins, the lateral bars each being recessed upon its outer face, a pin-carrying bar disposed in said recess and vertically movable to bring the pins thereon into coactive relation to the pins on the middle bar or out of such coactive relation, means at the ends of said recess whereby to hold the pin-carrfing bar in a raised or lowered position inc uding an outwardly projecting lug at each end of the recess, and pins: projecting from the ends of the pin-carrying bar engageable above or below said lugs.

4. A knitting device of the character described including a mediall disposed bar and two lateral bars, the mi dle bar having a longitudinally extending series of upright pins, each of the lateral bars being recessed longitudinally upon its outer face, the upper wall of said' recess having openings, a pincarrying bar disposed in each recess and having a series of upright, slightly angled pins, means at the ends of each recess Whereby the pin-carrying bar may be supported either in its raised or its lowered position against accidental movement, angular members attached to the ends of the lateral bars and extending in overlapping relation across the ends of the middle bar, said angular' members being slotted, and pins on the middle bar extending through said slots, one of said pins constituting means whereby the angular members may be `clamped in adjusted position to hold the lateral Vbars in spaced relation to the middle bar. i

5. A knitting device of the character described comprising a medially disposed bar and two lateral bars, means whereby the lateral bars may be ad'usted toward or from the medial bar and hel in this adjusted position, each of the lateral bars being recessed upon its outer face and the end walls of each recess being formed to provide an outstandin lug, members attached to the outer faces o the lateral bars at each end thereof and arching outward over said lug, pin-carrying bars disposed in said recesses, each of said bars at its ends having outwardly projecting pins, the bars being shiftable outward and downward or outward and upward to carry one of said pins below the lug to thereby hold the pin-carrying bar lowered or above the lug to hold the pin-carrying bar raised.

6. A knitting device of the character described comprising a niedially disposed bar and two lateral bars, means whereby the lat-y eral bars may be adjusted toward or from the medial bar and held in this adjusted position, each of the lateral bars being recessed upon its outer face and the end walls of each recess being' formed to provide an outstanding lug, members attached to the outer faces of the lateral bars at each end thereof and arching' outward over said lug, and pin-carryingbars disposed in said recesses, each of said bars at its ends having outwardly projecting pins, the bars being shiftable outward and downward or outward and upward to carry one of said pins below the lug to thereby hold the pin-carrying bar lowered kor above the lug to hold the pin-carrying bar raised, the upper wall of each reosss being transversely slotted for the passage of the pins on the pin-carrying bar.

7. A knitting device of the character described including a medially disposed bar` pins on the medial bar or adjustment downward to bring the pins out ofsuch coaetive relation.

lIn testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

SUNAO FUJII. 

